Sailing Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000

Achievement Wreck

PASSAGE NEWHAVEN FOR BRIGHTON. STRUCK UNKNOWN OBJECT AND TOOK ON WATER. TOW ATTEMPTED BUT SANK 0.5M FROM BRIGHTON MARINA.

Acorn (Possibly) Wreck

CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE. SUNK BY GUNFIRE. PASSAGE GRANVILLE FOR CARDIFF.

Active Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. PASSAGE FOR FISHING GROUNDS AND RETURN. CAPTURED BY U-BOAT. CREW FORCED TO ABANDON SHIP AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE. (WW1SL, SIBI).

Ada Wreck

BUILT IN 1872 BY D EGAN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS. PASSAGE LONDON FOR LANDERNEAU. CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE 8M S OF ANVIL POINT. (SIBI &...

Adieu-Va Wreck

SUNK BY SUBMARINE OFF USHANT. (LL WW1 & WW1SL).

Adolf Vinnen Wreck

AUXILLARY SCHOONER, MACHINERY AFT. PASSAGE ON MAIDEN VOYAGE BRUNSBUTTEL FOR BARRY TO TAKE ON COAL. DROVE ASHORE 70YDS OFF BASS POINT IN A STRONG SSW W...

Aegir Wreck

OWNED BY WILLIAM WILKINS, FILERTON, DEVON, CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK OFF BURTON BRADSTOCK. ONE CREW (OWNER) SAVED. (LL).

Afghanistan (Probably) Wreck

BUILT IN 1888 BY RICHARDSON, DUCK & CO. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY BRITISH & EASTERN SHIPPING. PASSAGE HAMBURG FOR SAN DIEGO. ENCOUNTERED DENSE FOG...

Agnes Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD 1901 BY W DATE & SONS, KINGSBRIDGE, DEVON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY E CAMM. PASSAGE WATERFORD FOR GLOUCESTER, CAPTURED AND SUNK BY BOMBS...

Agricola Wreck

BUILT 1871 IN BELLOT, JERSEY. BOUND GARSTON FOR CHERBOURG. ATTACKED BY GUNFIRE FROM UNIDENTIFIED SUBMARINE, UNTIL BOMB THROWN ON BOARD BY ENEMY AND SU...

Ailie Wreck

ABANDONED & SUNK IN SOUND OF MULL.

Akaroa Wreck

PASSAGE PHILADELPHIA FOR ROUEN. SUNK BY SUBMARINE 70M W OF THE CASQUETTES. (LL WW1).

Akbar Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Al Mansoor 3 Wreck

TOOK WATER AND LATER SANK. CREW RESCUED BY HELICOPTER FROM HMS EDINBURGH. VESSEL IS WOODEN DHOW, BUILT 1988.

Al Said Wreck

7.1.76 VESSEL SANK IN RED SEA, DUE TO A STORM NEAR ADEN TERRITORIAL WATERS WHILST ON PASSAGE BERBERA FOR SHARJAH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ALI ABDUL...

Albert (Possibly) Wreck

SANK AFTER CATCHING FIRE WHILST LYING AT ANCHOR. (LL).

Alert Wreck

VESSEL WAS EN-ROUTE SEAHAM TO PETERHEAD, WHEN CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE & DESTROYED BY BOMBS.

Alert Wreck

CAPTURED BY U-BOAT. CREW FORCED TO ABANDON SHIP AND SET ALIGHT. (SIBI).

Alert (Possibly) Wreck

PASSAGE SEAHAM FOR PETERHEAD. CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE AND DESTROYED BY BOMBS.

Alfred De Courcy Wreck

PASSAGE PORT TALBOT FOR LA ROCHELLE. SUNK BY SUBMARINE OFF USHANT. (LL WW1).

Alibagh Wreck

No description

Alice And Eliza Wreck

SANK BETWEEN C8 AND C9 BLACK BUOYS ABOUT 1 CABLE N OF C9 BLACK BUOY. DRIFTED AND AFTERWARDS FOUND IN A POSN ABOUT 530YDS W (MAG) OF C11 BLACK CAN BUOY...

Alice Of Milford Wreck

DRIVEN ASHORE ON BREAKSEA PT 8M E OF NASH LTHO & BECAME A TOTAL WK.

Almirante Wreck

COLLISION W/ "USS HIASKO"

Amadeus Wreck

15.7.91 SANK WHILE ON CHARTER FROM BRITANNIA SAILING. HAD 55FT HIGH MAST. (LL, 15.7.91).

Amazon (Possibly) Wreck

DRIVEN ASHORE AT PORT TALBOT WHEN ANCHOR CABLES PARTED IN HEAVY GALE WHILST IN MUMBLES ROADS. BROKE AMIDSHIPS & SETTLED IN SAND. (DODS) VESS...

Ambrose Relief #505 Wreck

COLLISION W/ "GREEN BAY"

Ami De Dieu Wreck

SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM GERMAN SUBMARINE U-53. (KRIEG ZUR ZEE).

Amy Wreck

SUNK IN CONNECTION WITH PRODUCTION OF 'Q SHIPS'.

Andraxia Iv Wreck

22FT HURLEY. SANK WHILST UNDER TOW OF RNLI LIFEBOAT OFF SKOKHOLM ISLAND, MILFORD HAVEN.

Andromeda Wreck

BUILT IN 1890 BY R DUNCAN & CO. LTD, PORT GLASGOW. PASSAGE TACOMA FOR FALMOUTH. WAS WRECKED ON KILLIGERRAN HEAD IN A SOUTHERLY GALE WHILST AWAITING TH...

Angela Wreck

MINED EN ROUTE LONDON/TYNE.

Angele (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1875. PASSAGE SWANSEA FOR LORIENT. DRAGGED ANCHOR AND GROUNDED ON DOOM BAR. FOUR MEN LOST. (CORNISH SHIPWRECKS VOL 2 & SIBI).

Anjerane Wreck

LOST WHILE UNDER TOW BY FV CHARLOTTE MAY. YACHT EMPTY AT TIME OF LOSS. WEATHER CONDITIONS SW GALE FORCE 8, SEAS 5MTRS.

Anna Wreck

PASSAGE LES SABLES D'ALONNE TO TREPORT. SUNK BY SUBMARINE. (LL WW1).

Annie F Conlon Wreck

CAPTURED & SUNK BY GUNFIRE BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. MOST OF CARGO WAS SALVAGED. (WW1SL & CORNISH SHIPWRECKS VOL 3).

Annie Yvonne Wreck

SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UB 57 1.5M ABREAST OF CADGWITH WHILST EN ROUTE FROM SWANSEA TO GRANVILLE. (LL WW1 & DER KRIEG ZUR SEE)....

Ant Wreck

WOODEN SAIL JIGGER [LIGHTER] BUILT 1863. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CLARE'S LIGHTERAGE CO., LANCS. PASSAGE PORT DINORWIC FOR SANKEY BRIDGES. LOST FOLLOW...

Antoinette Wreck

LOST 2 MILES S OF ST MARTINS POINT. (CHANNEL ISLAND WKS).

Anton Robrik Wreck

OWNED BY MR BRUNO MAIOCCHI, CANNOBIA, NOVARA. SANK APPROX 6M N OF ELBA ISLAND. CREW OF FOUR RESCUED. (LL).

Aperitif 3 Wreck

SANK, LATER BROKE UP. (MRSC OBAN & LIFEBOAT).

Arctic Dawn Wreck

DERELICT AND LATER SANK WHILE ON TOW. (LL & COASTGUARD WYKE REGIS).

Ardencraig Wreck

BUILT IN 1886 BY RUSSELL & CO. LTD., STRUCK THE CRIM ROCKS IN THICK FOG WHILST EN ROUTE FROM MELBOURNE TO CALAIS. AFTER LIFTING OFF THE ROCKS AND DRIF...

Arean Jaya Wreck

SANK IN ROUGH SEAS. PASSAGE TANJUNG PINANG, RIAU FOR BAWEAN ISLAND. (LL).

Arethusa Wreck

BUILT OF STEEL IN 1891 BY A MCMILLAN & SON LTD, DUMBARTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SHIP ARETHUSA CO (IREDALE, PORTER). PASSAGE GULFPORT FOR THE CLYDE...

Arian Wreck

STRUCK A SHINGLE BANK, LOST MAST AND SANK. (LL, VOL 209).

Ariel Wreck

CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE & BLOWN UP.

Armatan Iii Wreck

PASSAGE PORTO SAN STEFANO FOR SANTA MARGHERITA, LIGURE. CAUGHT FIRE, POSSIBLY DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FAULT AND SANK, ABOUT 4M OFF LEGHORN HARBOUR. CREW...

Arvor Wreck

SUNK BETWEEN BLACK HEAD AND LIZARD POINT ABOUT A MILE FROM SHORE. (IDSA & BOT MASTERS REPORT 1918).

Asie Wreck

No description

Atlantico Wreck

No description

Auguste Marie Wreck

SUNK BY SUBMARINE OFF USHANT. (WW1 SL).

Aung Yadana Myint Wreck

PASSAGE MOULMEIN FOR KAWTHAUNG. SANK DUE TO ENCOUNTERING HEAVY, ROUGH WEATHER. (LL).

Aurelie Wreck

SUNK BY SUBMARINE WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM PAIMPOL. (LL WW1).

Babin-Chevaye Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1901 BY CHANT NANTAIS DE CONST MAR, WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY BUREAU FRERES & BA...

Badaria Wreck

A COASTAL SAILING VESSEL. PASSAGE MANGALORE FOR MORMUG. SANK DUE TO ROUGH WEATHER. (LL).

Baden Powell Wreck

ON PASSAGE FROM LUNENBURG, NOVA SCOTIA. WRECKED ON ELEPHANT JASON. CREW OF 22 ROWED TO PEBBLE ISLAND IN SEVEN BOATS. (FALKLAND ISLAND SHORES, PUBLISHE...

Baltic Wreck

MINED IN THE SOUND. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES).

Baracallah Wreck

MET WITH ACCIDENT IN THE JAVA SEA AND SANK. ALL SIXTEEN CREW RESCUED. (LL).

Barcarolle Wreck

UNREGISTERED YACHT NO 3035, ECLIPSE 43, STRUCK UNKNOWN OBJECT WHILE ON DELIVERY PASSAGE FROM BURSLEDON TO PLYMOUTH. WAS HOLED. WAS TAKEN IN TOW BY SWA...

Barryman Wreck

STRANDED AT KIMMERIDGE. (LLOYDS 213).

Bayonne Wreck

BUILT OF STEEL IN 1901 BY CHANTIER ET ATEL DE ST NAZAIRE, ST NAIZAIRE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SOC ANON DE SVOILLERS NAORMANDES. RIGGED AS A SHIP. PA...

Bayview Wreck

STRANDED

Beata Wreck

SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UB 57 1.5M NE OF THE LIZARD WHILST EN ROUTE FROM SWANSEA TO GRANVILLE. (LL WW1 & DER KRIEG ZUR SEE).

Beatrix Maria Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK IN A STORM.

Behrend Wreck

SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UB-19 BETWEEN START POINT AND CAPE DE LA HAGUE. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS, VOL.17). SUNK 35M SW FROM PORTL...

Bella Donna Wreck

RAN AGROUND AND THEN FAILED TO REFLOAT ON NEXT RISING TIDE. SALVAGE ATTEMPT UNSUCCESSFUL (THAMES MRSC & OCC, TH HARWICH).

Belle Elaine Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON ROCKS. CREW OF 8 RECOVERED. (NAS PRESTWICK).

Bellglade Wreck

EX- MICHEAL BERENTSEN, EX-ZETA. BUILT 1877 BY D & W HENDERSON, GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S BELLGLADE, TONSBERG. PASSAGE HALIFAX FOR SHARPNES...

Bellville Wreck

CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE AND SUNK.

Belmont Wreck

BUILT IN 1895 BY WHITSTABLE SHIPPING CO LTD, WHITSTABLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY H A PAYNE. PASSAGE RUNCORN FOR TREPORT. STRUCK A ROCK IN ENTRANCE TO...

Benor Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1900 BY HOHNSIEN, ORRENHOF, RUSSIA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G E SEGLING (JACOBSON UTTOPORT). PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR CADIZ. CAPTURED &...

Bessie Stephens Wreck

CAPTURED AND SUNK BY SUBMARINE.

Bidsie And Bell Wreck

BUILT IN 1873 BY GOWEN, BERWICK-UPON-TWEED. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J FISHER & SONS. PASSAGE GARSTON FOR BIDEFORD. STRANDED, TOTAL LOSS. (SIBI).

Blue Mist (Possibly) Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION OFF PORT DU FRIOUL, MARSEILLES BAY.

Blue Peter Wreck

BEACHED OFF COBBOLDS PT, FELIXSTOWE.

Bonita Wreck

No description

Braemar Wreck

SANK AFTER STRIKING OBSTN.

Breakaway Of Yare Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING FIRE. (LLOYDS 213)

Brenda Wreck

CAPTURED THEN SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM GERMAN SUBMARINE. (WW1SL).

Brinio Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW OF MV SILKE POLAX. (GT YARMOUTH CG).

Bris Wreck

CAPTURED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. (WW1SL).

Britannic Wreck

CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY BOMBS 12M NNW FROM LES HANOIS. (WW1SL).

Brizeux (Possibly) Wreck

TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UB 18 WHILE ON PASSAGE LE HAVRE TO BUENOS AIRES. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS, VOL.17).

C S Parnell Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1879. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY B RICE, BALLAGAN, CO LOUTH. PASSAGE FROM BALLAGAN. BROKE FROM MOORINGS OFF BALLAGAN IN SE FORCE 10. DR...

Calaya Mandar Wreck

14.9.93 SANK DUE TO LEAKING PROPELLER SHAFT. (LL, 14.9.93).

Calberga (Probably) Wreck

DRIVEN ASHORE IN HEAVY WEATHER. SAILS WERE BLOWN OUT AND VESSEL BECAME WATER LOGGED.

Calluna Wreck

9.4.08 CAPTURED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U 61 OFF THE ISLES OF SCILLY, WHILST ON PASSAGE AALBORG & CARDIFF FOR NEW YORK. (LLWW1, WW1SL, & K HEA...

Calvados Wreck

16.10.76 STRUCK ROCKS AT CAP LA HAGUE. CREW RECOVERED SAFE. DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS SALVAGE IMPOSSIBLE. (LL, 16.10.76).

Cambrian Princess (Probably) Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1877 BY T R OSWALD, SOUTHAMPTON. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY W THOMAS & CO, LIVERPOOL. PASSAGE LOBOS DE AFUERA, PERU, FOR ANTWERP. C...

Cannebiere Wreck

SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UB 18 30 MILES S OF THE SCILLIES. PASSAGE BUENOS AIRES TO LE HAVRE. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL.17).

Cap Lihou Wreck

SUNK BY SUBMARINE. METHOD UNKNOWN. (WW1SL). SUNK BY SUBMARINE 20M NW OF SEPT ILES WHILST EN ROUTE FROM SWANSEA TO GRANVILLE. (LL WW1)....

Capella (Possibly) Wreck

PASSAGE DEMERARA FOR MIDDELBURG. ABANDONED FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH BELGIAN TUG JOHN BULL. TAKEN IN TOW BUT SANK NEAR BRESKENS. (R VERPOORTE).

Caranka 5 Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE & SANK OFF N HINDER LTV. CREW RESCUED BY DUTCH MV TWEBRO AND LANDED AT FLUSHING. (LL).

Carl Wreck

BUILT IN 1893 BY RIBSON & CO, MARYPORT. STEEL HULL. SEIZED AT CARDIFF IN AUGUST 1914. WAS BEING TOWED TO LONDON AS A DERELICT WHEN SHE WAS ABANDONED I...

Carolina (1918) Wreck

Owner: NY & Porto Rico SS Co, Year Built: 1896, Where Built: Newport News, VA, Misc Information: Black Sunday wreck

Caroline Wreck

10.12.29 SUNK NEAR ST MALO, ONE BODY WAS WASHED ASHORE. (LL, 10.12.29).

Carrabin (Possibly) Wreck

PASSAGE BUNBURY FOR LONDON. TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE. EX- SUSANNE VINNEN, EX- ALSTERUFER, EX- NORTH STAR, BUILT 1892 BY GRANGEMOUT...

Carrabin (Possibly) Wreck

PASSAGE BUNBURY FOR LONDON. TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE. EX- SUSANNE VINNEN, EX- ALSTERUFER, EX- NORTH STAR, BUILT 1892 BY GRANGEMOUT...

Catherine B Wreck

ABANDONED. CREW SAFE. (LL).